Desert Estuary

Inspired by the aerial view of a dry sandy riverbed as it enters the sea in northern Australia, where the tides and sand carried into the ocean form stream-like sandbanks.
A palette of blue, yellow ochre, cream, and brown creates energetic movement on the canvas
The painting is on a smooth artist-quality canvas with a fluid painting technique style. with some texture in some areas.
This unique artwork cannot be replicated. It is created using various methods to control flow, connections between colours, and layering to reveal underlying colours and bring depth to the painting.

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Hi, I'm Nina, an Australian abstract landscape artist based in Melbourne.

I use both fluid and textured acrylic paints to create original works on canvas.

I explore the interplay of different paint colours, textures, and additives to guide the work in a certain way; with intuition and serendipity allowing the works to reveal themselves as they are created.

I am inspired by aerial views, and my on-ground experiences camping and exploring alpine mountains, inland rivers, outback deserts, tropical rainforests, and rugged coastlines in remote regions in Australia.

My abstracted landscapes capture the power, beauty, and fragility of the environment through the light, colours, movement, forms, and textures created by the physics of nature.

I draw on my background as a painter and a documentary filmmaker to create compositions, choose colour palettes and develop movement within the constraints of the canvas.

Many of my paintings are based on actual locations, and I bring the feelings, thoughts, and physical sensations of experiencing them in my painting process.

I am fascinated by how different seasons change the landscape dramatically and guide the different moods in each painting; whether it is peaceful, energetic, restrained, or vibrant; while the composition enables the viewer to follow the movement across the entire painting.

I hope that in viewing my art you will see the beauty and fragility I find in the natural environment and like me, be in awe of its sustaining force in our lives.